Avalanche Mechanics,

Abstract

Contents: Some strength characteristics of snow; Water filtration properties of snow; Viscoplastic flow of snow on slopes; Snow layer stability coefficient; Computation of stability of the snow layer on a flat slope; Inverse computations of strength parameters of snow; Influence of seismic accelerations on avalanche formation; Equilibrium of the snow cover on convex and concave parts of slopes; Computation of movement of avalanches; Nomograms for computing the movement of avalanches; and Simplified equations of motion of avalanches.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0715049

Entities

People

  • Yu. D. Moskalev

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Avalanches
  • Coefficients
  • Computations
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Filtration
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanics
  • Snow
  • Snow Cover

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Snow Cover Descriptors for Reptiles and Their Illustrations.